34 LYCIDiE. 



lanceolate areolet, from the lateral angle of which proceeds an ob- 

 lique carina, which is scarcely noticeable. Elytra with nine regular 

 nearly equal costae ; the interstices with a single line of punctures. 

 Legs rather short. Thorax, elytra, and legs having a woolly ap- 

 pearance. 



The form of the thorax and the presence of a mesial areolet sepa- 

 rate this from the foregoing genera. 



Ditua deplanata. 



(Plate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Lvcus (gen. 20) deplauatus, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, pp. 100 

 'and 109. 



Atra, depressa, brevissime pubescens ; antennis crassis, dentatis, 

 flavis ; thorace supra antice ruguloso, medio areola lanceolata in- 

 structo ; elytris parallelis, flavis, apice nigro, novemcostatis, inter- 

 stitiis regulariter uniseriatim punctatis ; pedibus sat brevibus, fuscis, 

 tibiarum basi et apice unguiculisque flavis. c? • Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. ]S^ew Guinea, Dorey ( Wallace). 



The basal joint of the antennae is dusky. The thorax besides the 

 mesial areolet has an indication of a raised line on each side from 

 the middle of the areolet not quite reaching the sides of the thorax. 



BULENIDES. 



Eostrum none. Antennae broad, dentate. Thorax with the mar- 

 gins incrassate, with a distinct discoidal areolet, united to the an- 

 terior margin by a carina. Elytra with four distinct costae ; the 

 interstices with two lines of punctures divided by a fine costa. 



Diff'ers from the preceding genus in having the margins of the 

 thorax more or less reflexed and incrassate, and in the costae of the 

 elytra being unequal. 



This genus was originally proposed for Lycus obsoletus, but three 

 others are now associated with it. 



Bulenides obsoletus. 



(Tlate IX. fig. 1.) 



Lvcus (gen. 21) obsoletus, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, pp. 100 

 'and 109. 



Fuscus ; thorace medio areola lanceolata, angulis posticis acutis ; 

 elytris dimidio basali palUde fusco, apice fere nigro, quadricostatis, 

 interstitiis biseriatim evidenter puuctatis, seriebus costa tenui di- 

 visis. S • Long. 3|-4^ lin. 



Hab. Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.), Sumatra {Buxton). 



The extent of the darker apical portion of the elytra varies, but 

 it occupies at least half of the elytra. 



